Photographic retouching-tool.



Paten-ted Mar. 1|, |902.

A. SWAN.

PHOTOGRAPHIE RETOUCHING TOOL.

(Application filed Nov. 12. 1901.)

(No Model.)

@Witwe-aseo view, the handle appearing UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW SWAN, OF RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN.

PHOTOGRAPHIC RETOUCHlNO-TOOL..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 695,009, dated March 1 1, 1 902. Application filed November 12, 1901. Serial No. 82,043. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW SWAN, a citi-` zen of the United States, residing at Rhinelander, in the county of Oneida and State of .Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Photographic Retouching-Tools; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art tol which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates t0 a photographic retoucher or spotting-out and etching tool designed for etching away dark spots and depositing lead and a colored pigment in the light spots which appear inphotographic prints and negatives.

Theobject of the invention is to provide a simple, du rable,and effective tool of this character 'in which a retouching-pencil, brush, and etching-tool are mounted in a common handle, so as to be protected from injuryand to be projected and retracted independently at will, the arrangement being such that the parts are adapted to be operated by the th umb, forefinger, and second finger while in the natural positions grasping the tool-handle, whereby steadiness and accuracy in the handling of the tool are insured.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1, 2, and 3 are side elevations showing the tool held in different positions, with the dilerent operative parts projected to illustrate the mode of handling the to'ol. Fig. 4 is a front in cross-section to show the arrangement of the working parts of the tool. Figs. 5, 6, `and 7 are longitudinal sections through the handle, said sections being taken, respectively,` en the line of the pencil, etching-blade, and brush of the tool.

The tool embodies in its construction a suitable handle 1, provided with three longitudinal bores 2 3 4, opening through one end thereof, and an encircling sleeve 5, formed with corresponding longitudinal slots 6 7 8, communieating, respectively, with said bores. In the bore2isslidably1nountedatube 9,havingatits outer end a split gripping portion 10, inclosed within a nipple 1l, and having at its rear end screwthreads for engagement with corresponding threads on said nipple,A whereby the nipple is connected to the tube and the said split end of the tube is held in a contracted condition. Fitted in the channel of the tube is a retouching-pencil 12, which has one end projecting through an aperture in the outer end of the nipple and is adapted to be adjusted when the nipple is loosened up and to be gripped by the split end of the tube when the nipple is tightened. The bore 3 has slidably mounted therein an etching blade'or tool 13, whose outer end is sharpened to form a cutting edge for etching out dark spots on photographic prints and negatives. In the third bore 4 is similarly mounted to slide a holder 14, screw-threaded at its outer end, as shown at 15, to receive the threaded end of a cap or-tube carrying a brush 16, which is used for applying pigment to retouch or cover up the light spots in a photographic print or negative. These three operating tools or devices-to wit, `the pencil 12, etching-blade 13, and brush 16--are adapted to be independently projected for use and also independently retracted, and to this end are connected, respectively,vwith iinger-pieces 17 18 19, arranged to slide longitudinally upon the outersurface of the sleeve 5, each of said finger-pieces consisting of a burredbutton havinga screw-threaded shank to engage the tool, the said shanks of the buttons projecting, respectively, through the lon itudinal slots 6 7 8.

y reference to Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawings it`will be seen that the bores` 2 and 4 and their communicating slots are located upon opposite sides of the central line of the handle, while the bore 3 and its communicating slot are located in the plane of the central linel ofthe handle and at a point above the said tube-bores 2 and 4. vHence the button 18 is'located upon the top surface of the handle 1, while the buttons 17 and 19 are located upon the opposite sides thereof. By this construction when the handle is grasped, inthe hand in thelmannershown in said gures'for usingthe tool the foreinger in its natural engaging position will rest upon the button 18, while the second uger will bearl against IOC 

